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I am going to start with Stacey He is fourteen years old he has two brothers and a sister and they are called Little Man Christopher John and Cassie He lives with his grandmother she is known as Big Ma Mama and siblings His father comes home during the year since he is usually away working on the railroad His uncle uncle Hammer also comes occasionally since he lives in Chicago They are a very united family and protect and look after each other Stacey is treated as an adult when his father is away because of his great feeling of responsibility towards his family He is the oldest male when in the family when his father is away he cares a greatly about his family Stacey comes from the black community He goes to Great Faith Elementary School where his mother taught until one of his friends TJ told the Wallaces a family that dislikes the Logans about Mamas ways of teaching from a black point of view which got Mama fired and declined the families economy This made their family became more united than ever Stacey tries hard at school and disapproves of cheating and people telling on others Stacey has learnt to deal with racism over the years since he has suffered it for so long As he has grown older he has also become more mature and learnt to put up with racism and not say anything as it is a part of his life unlike his sister Cassie His family suffers a great deal of racism because they are considered uppity niggers since they have land and do not sharecrop to earn money Though you dont actually earn money while sharecropping since everything is paid for and taken out of your salary The only people that treat them kindly in the book that are white are Jeremy the youngest of the Simmss and Mr Jamison a lawyer in Strawberry Jeremy

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